His blazing blonde hair notwithstanding, President Donald Trump is not actually a royal successor to the “Sun King” Louis XIV of France. But he increasingly acts like it. No, Trump does not pursue religious persecution as did Louis against Protestants. And in stark contrast to Louis, who regarded it as the centerpiece of his royal […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. June 1, 1776 After much deliberation, including a week of […]
More than 1 in 10 U.S. adults is currently taking a GLP-1 weight-loss drug. And these medicines are getting cheaper seemingly by the day. Since Wegovy launched, its list price has fallen from roughly $1,300 per month to between $300 and $500 per month. Similarly, Zepbound was once about $1,000 per month, but it now […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has stumbled upon another horrific enemy that will destroy the working class unless it is stopped. He recently posted the following on X. “Jeff Bezos is seeking $100 billion to put robots into factories. Millions of manufacturing jobs — GONE. Driverless vehicle companies are expanding rapidly. Millions of transportation jobs — […]
It’s no secret that President Donald Trump is waging a war on fraud. But what no one’s talking about is that Congress has the unique opportunity to help the administration win this war. That’s the most important part of the skinny reconciliation bill that congressional Republicans are preparing to pass. While the bill is largely […]
Nicholas Kristof has a skepticism problem — he is least skeptical of the stories he most wants to be true. His recent New York Times column on alleged sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees reads less like reporting than advocacy dressed in journalistic clothing. He leaned on circular sourcing: nongovernmental organizations citing each other, testimony filtered […]
Democrats are lying about illegal immigration again. This time, they are doing it at Delaney Hall, an illegal immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. It originally opened in 2000, when Bill Clinton was president. Between 2011 and 2017, during which Barack Obama was president for most of the duration, Delaney held illegal immigrant detainees. […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India produced much-needed diplomatic momentum, with more ground to cover on the energy front. Even with an Indian commitment to purchase $500 billion in American goods over the next five years, Rubio’s stated desire to supply “as much energy” as India is willing to buy appears to […]
The U.S. military over the weekend carried out another strike on a boat it claimed was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men aboard in the fourth such attack within a week. U.S. Southern Command announced the Saturday strike on social platform X, using its now routine explanation that the vessel was...
Former first lady Jill Biden in a new interview defended the pardon issued to her stepson, Hunter Biden, by former President Biden. “When [President] Trump was elected, things changed, and we knew that he would target Hunter, and we just could not let our son go to jail on a charge that no one would...
A former spokesperson for Jill Biden on Sunday said her credibility was damaged with remarks about former President Biden during a promotional tour for a new memoir. “The problem for her is ... she is saying something completely different now that only invites the rest of us to ask, 'Was she telling the truth then...
